Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-09
WORK OF THE coMn,rrrr.
RAILROADS.

.uNtee reported bill vas,ora..
OH .ne Union Depot at Portland. allow 10y
sh.i, n oaus 70 enter, the way which The.
cnnn,u uu.er, etc:, to be regulated by ,hs
. u.y commissioners. The commit,ee x,;I,
M No., 70 !, 70 amend the charter of rho
ever ivy, n:ai,road' with the provisio. how
Win .h n"1 d ~ shaii become a connecting road
ef ,ha ~. nangor piscataquis. Mr.. CLARK
ei tue committee will make minor;.,
port The committee has solvad ,h. Z. re-
SET ana Megantic question bv the reno,,;n.
ol oili agreeable to all parties. II nrov;das
ior the Incorporation of the Carrahasss, p
Oanaaian Hallway Co. The corporat;on -
suthorized to build and maintain a rai,ro.S
.ion some suitable point in the town Of
Hnson 10 connect with the Somerset Railroad
w., thehce through the towns of New por,
,anu ana hingheld, following up the Cara.
oasset valley, thence by the most fe.s;hio
route to the town of Eustis or tho 49,
ofanch OF the Dead river, thence nm mr. na.r
SAID branch to some convenient point ~ -
near the boundary line between the Sto,. -
Malhe and the Province of Quebec. thence m
connect with the International Railway IT,
capital stock shall not be more than 5000 :
ooo. mat section OF the road from the town
OF Anson to kingfield shall not be oneratad
ior 'he transportation of freight or passen.
gers from or to said Kingfieid without the
consent OF the franklin & Megantic Railroad
~. until the entire line shall have been COM
pieted and equipped to the boundary line or
connecting road, except tor the purpose of
moving men and material. Amony tho in.
corporators are Joseph r. Bodweu. Hallow.
ell }. Manchester Haynes. Ira D. Sturo;s
Seiden Conner, Elias Mlliken and NJ " r.
Chase, Augusta,
TUBERCULOSIS.
The committee will report in the Kent bnll
case that the cattle commissioners wera
somewhat tardy IN their action and that il
was owing to one member of the commission
VINO mad too many ex offico offices, The
committee Will also advise the seeking out of
tina cattle sold from the State College farm
and the destruction of diseased animals. Mr..
Libby, OF the committee, disagrees with the
report IN the recommendation to hunt up
and examine any of the animals sold from
the college farm at the States expense; also
differs with the committee on MIR. Gilbert's
having any blame attached to him in regard
to the Kent bull affair. He will make u mi
nority report.
LEGAL AFFAIRS.
Eoted, ought to pa,s authorizing reas
sessment OF taxes within two Years when
ehSic has oeeu all error IN the assessment
to give charter to the Damariscotta and
Newcastle Water Co.
An act to regulate the practice of medicine
introduced into the Senate yesterday by Sen.
ator Sleeper, provides for State Board OF
Medical Examination and Registration con
sistlng of five persons, not all of whom shall
be practitioners of the same system of medi.
cine, to be appointed by the Governor before
the first day of May, 1887. From and after
the first day of January, 1888, it shall be the
duty of the board to examine everv candidate
for the practice of medicine in the State who
shall not have been registered previous there
to. The standard of qualification shall be
equivalent to the standard required for grad
uation by the Medical School of Maine l,
shall be- the duty Of the board to register and
certificate all who pass u satisfactory exami'
nation. No person shall be denied registra-
ton by reason of purpose to adopt par.
ticular system of practice The fees shall be
$40 for examination Ind SO for registration
and certification. Offences against the law
shall be pun jshable by 5000 fine and impris
onment for not less than thirty days or more
than six months.